Protective Services

Newark's growth in the nineteenth century led to establishment of a police
force with the hiring of a town bailiff in 1867. In 2008, the city's Police Department numbers sixty officers and twenty-one civilian employees.

A disastrous Christmas Day fire at the Dean Woolen Mill, 1886,
prompted organization of the Aetna Hose Hook and Ladder Company in late 1887. The contemporary company is a combination volunteer and career department with over 100 volunteers and six employed emergency service providers who give "Service for Others," Aetna's motto.

Bylaws, receipts toward purchase of first uniforms, and list of charter members, 1887-1888.
James Hossinger papers.
Gift of James Thompson